A Community In Need Shiloh Christian School in North Dakota lends a hand with new athletic facilities
Shiloh Christian School, a private institution in North Dakota, will open its new athletic facilities to public schools in an effort to alleviate congestion in sports complexes throughout the city.
By Kevin Hoffman, Managing Editor
struction, its athletes will fi nally have a place to call their own, no longer grappling with local high schools to fi nd time for practices and competitions. The private school certainly deserves it, given the extensive planning and fundraising offi cials have been engaged in since 2011.
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hen Shiloh Christian School (N.D.) completes its sports facilities con-
Although the new facilities will be stamped with Shiloh’s name, it’s a project the school wants to share with all of the Bismarck com- munity in an attempt to address overcrowding on the city’s limited playing fi elds. “We’re a private school, but we
really want to be part of the commu- nity and provide for the community growth needs as well,” says Shiloh Superintendent Morgan Forness. The community of 63,000 people has just a few locations throughout
Gaining Support For New Facilities
the city for its high schools, private schools and colleges to host sport- ing events. Athletic Director Brian Marcus says on any given day be- tween 300 and 400 student-athletes occupy the city’s track facility in an attempt to practice. The congestion is largely attributed to the oil boom in the area, which has resulted in a signifi cant population increase in recent years. Forness says Shiloh Christian
School’s K-12 enrollment was around 300 students four years ago and by this fall it will have doubled. The athletic facilities construction, along with a new fi ne arts audito- rium, will help school offi cials bet- ter manage that growth while help- ing out a community that’s facing similar challenges.
Building A Home Outside of the school’s gymna-
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sium, Marcus says the athletic de- partment never really had a place to call its own. The baseball team practices in the gym when it can’t fi nd an opportunity to get on a fi eld someplace. The track team also has learned to make due, running in the
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